Target group
Forecasters and analysts in any industry, including retail, financial services, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals
Course structure
Introduction to SAS Forecast Studio
Forecasting Using the Default Functionality in SAS Forecast Studio
- creating a SAS Forecast Studio project
- accuracy statistics and forecast model selection
- families of models supported and functionality issues
- scenario analysis
Hierarchical Forecasting
- hierarchical forecasting
- statistical forecast reconciliation
- accumulation and aggregation options
- reconciliation effects
- manual overrides to reconciled forecasts
Model Refinement One Series at a Time
- custom models: generated and pre-specified
- event variables
Generating Best Forecasts in Hierarchically Arranged Data
- honest assessment
- outlier variables and other model inputs
- creating and using event variables based on calendar effects
- generated data sets
- accommodating data updates
Project Monitoring and Selected Topics
- tools for project maintenance and management
- alternative assessment approaches
- combined model forecasts
Producing Reports
- using stored processes to produce reports
- discussing sample stored processes that are provided with the client/server version of SAS Forecast Server
SAS Time Series Studio
- using SAS Time Series Studio to aid in the data creation process
